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<h1 class="settitle">Downloading GCC</h1>
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GCC is distributed via <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/cvs.html">CVS</a> and FTP
tarballs compressed with <span class="command">gzip</span> or
<span class="command">bzip2</span>.  It is possible to download a full distribution or specific
components.

   <p>Please refer to our <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html">releases web page</a>
for information on how to obtain GCC.

   <p>The full distribution includes the C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java,
and Ada (in case of GCC 3.1 and later) compilers.  The full distribution
also includes runtime libraries for C++, Objective-C, Fortran, and Java. 
In GCC 3.0 and later versions, GNU compiler testsuites are also included
in the full distribution.

   <p>If you choose to download specific components, you must download the core
GCC distribution plus any language specific distributions you wish to
use.  The core distribution includes the C language front end as well as the
shared components.  Each language has a tarball which includes the language
front end as well as the language runtime (when appropriate).

   <p>Unpack the core distribution as well as any language specific
distributions in the same directory.

   <p>If you also intend to build binutils (either to upgrade an existing
installation or for use in place of the corresponding tools of your
OS), unpack the binutils distribution either in the same directory or
a separate one.  In the latter case, add symbolic links to any
components of the binutils you intend to build alongside the compiler
(<span class="file">bfd</span>, <span class="file">binutils</span>, <span class="file">gas</span>, <span class="file">gprof</span>, <span class="file">ld</span>,
<span class="file">opcodes</span>, <small class="dots">...</small>) to the directory containing the GCC sources.

   <p><hr />
<p><a href="./index.html">Return to the GCC Installation page</a>

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